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I don’t normally post my emails to other lists here, but I thought this one, part of the discussion on the JOINint<\/a>*<\/sup> list involved enough thought (well actually enough Googling) that I should post it here.<\/p>\n

We were discussing a rather bone-headed statement by Tom Lantos, and some issues of international law came up.
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Ari Blumenfeld wrote:<\/p>\n

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Dear Matthew,<\/p>\n

Thank you for correcting that. Are you absolutely certain about the
child-prisoners?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At least one, and he is charged with throwing a grenade at a soldier in Afghanistan in a pitched battle and killing him, which he denies.<\/p>\n

This story<\/a> mentions 3 children aged 13-15, and “more than two and fewer than five” children aged 16-18.<\/a><\/p>\n

What other war crimes are there?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Systematic torture. Rendition to be tortured. The admission of torture derived evidence.<\/p>\n

Additionally, you have “Waging Aggressive War”, which is probably not covered, but was what some people were executed for following WW II (von Ribbentrop and Tojo).<\/p>\n

Of interest are some of the charges against Tojo (from the Wiki):<\/p>\n